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Ellen Iverson is an Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the Keck School of Medicine and is based in the Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. For more than 25 years, Ms. Iverson has designed and conducted mixed-method research focusing on individual, familial, social, and structural issues that have an impact on health outcomes and healthcare utilization. She is committed to designing studies directed toward the development of high quality interventions and appropriate and accessible healthcare, especially among our most vulnerable populations.
Education
University of California at Berkeley
University of California, Los Angeles
Accomplishments
Chair, Adolescent and Young Adult Transition Core Advisory Council
Director of Community Engagement, Obesity and Diabetes Program of the Saban Research Institute
Director, Transition Research, Division of Adolescent Medicine
Kaushansky D, Cox J, Dodson C, Tran J & Iverson E Living a secret: Disclosure among adolescents and young adults with chronic illness Chronic Illness 2016 (in press)
de Figueiredo S, Yetwin A, Sherer S, Radzik M, & Iverson E .A cross-disciplinary comparison of compassion fatigue and satisfaction among service providers of highly traumatized children and adolescents Traumatology Vol 20(4), Dec 2014, 286-295
Iverson E, Celious A, Shahane E, Kennedy CR, Oerke M, Warren V, Eastman A, Freeman BD Factors affecting stress experienced by surrogate decision-makers for critically ill patients: Implication for nursing practice Intensive and Critical Care Nursing 2013 Nov 6. Epub
Claster S, Termuhlen A, Schrager S, Wolfson JA, & Iverson E Pitfalls of Using Administrative Data Sets to Describe Clinical Outcomes in Sickle Cell Pediatric Blood and Cancer 2013 Dec;60(12):1936-9. Epub 2013 Aug 26.
Wong, C., Silva, K., Kecojevic, A., Schrager, S., Jackson Bloom, J., Iverson, E. & Lankenau, S. Coping and emotional regulation profiles of nonmedical prescription drug and illicit drug use among high-risk young adults. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2013 Sep 1;132(1-2):165-71 Epub 2013 Feb 28.
Davidson P, Iverson E, Bloom J, Kral AH, Lankenau S, McCarty C, Wagner K, Wong C, Personal Social Network Factors Associated with Overdose Prevention Training Participation Substance Use & Misuse 2013 Jan;48(1-2):21-30 Epub 2012 Sep 19.
Iverson E, Celious A, Kennedy CR, Shehane E, Eastman A, Warren V, Bolcic-Jancovic D, Clarridge B, Freeman BD Perspective of surrogate decision makers for critically ill patients regarding gene variation research Genetics in Medicine 2013 15(4): 368-73 Nov 15 2012 Epub
Iverson E, Celious A, Kennedy CR, Shehane E, Eastman A, Warren V, Bolcic-Jancovic D, Clarridge B, Freeman BD Real-time perspectives of surrogate decision makers regarding critical illness research - findings of focus group participants, Chest, 2012 142(6): 1433-9 June 12 Epub
Kubicek K, McDavitt B, Carpineto J, Weiss G, Iverson E, Wong CF, Kipke MD. “God made me gay for a reason”: YMSM’s resiliency in resolving internalized homophobia from religious sources. Journal of Adolescent Research 2009 24(5), 601-633
Iverson E, Balasuriya D, Garcia GP, Sheng M, Richardson JL, Stoyanoff S, King J The challenges of assessing fidelity to physician-driven HIV prevention interventions: lessons learned implementing Partnership for Health in a Los Angeles HIV clinic AIDS and Behavior, 2008 Nov;12(6):978-88. Epub 2008 Apr 22
Ellen Iverson is an Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the Keck School of Medicine and is based in the Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. For more than 25 years, Ms. Iverson has designed and conducted mixed-method research focusing on individual, familial, social, and structural issues that have an impact on health outcomes and healthcare utilization. She is committed to designing studies directed toward the development of high quality interventions and appropriate and accessible healthcare, especially among our most vulnerable populations.
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